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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Can I get a HALLELUJAH?

I did it! I finished another draft of my book. And it's already out to beta reader's! In fact, I sent it to beta readers early so that I had more determination to finish.

And it's done!

Current title is Smoke and Ashes. I wanted to call it Ashes, but yanno...another book just came out with that name.

Final word count is 64,589.

Brain status: Fried.

That was so hard to do with the preggo brain. We'll see how my JaNo goes next month! Hopefully I can pump out a novel with a baby zapping most of my creative energy :)

I have one more accomplishment to tell you about. I know, get off my soap box and sit down, but this is really exciting to me. A year ago I realized that most writer's only use one space after a period instead of the two I learned when I started typing. I was so determined to change my habit.

And after lots of practice, I did it! I am converted to the one space after period. Isn't it fabulous? I know, I'm weird. But remember my first announcement about finishing a book? Yeah, my brain needs a break :)

What have you been up to? Please tell me your awesome accomplishments...or even little goals you've reached. It all gets us one step closer to where we want to be!

Congrats! Finishing a draft is such an awesome feeling :D And yay for retraining yourself, heh. That can be extremely hard to do! Old habits die hard and all that. I'm currently working on revisions for my MS... hopefully it'll be ready soon!

Thanks everyone! My rest is on the way :) I'm so excited for the holidays. Yay for you Ruth! Send your chapter over :) And Madeline...lucky for us writer's, they invented FIND and REPLACE. That's how I used to fix my problem before I retaught my brain how to work. Find your double spaces and replace them with one!

YOU GO GIRL! Congratulations!!! It's such an exciting time when the manuscript is complete! I'm still working to start my YA novel, and finish up a short story! I'll celebrate when I'm done... whenever that's done.

Wahoo! Congratulations on finishing your draft and on beating the two space habit. Those lessons are hard to change once you've done it one way for so long. I envy you. I still have to think about it every time. Take some time off and do something to refresh your brain.

Michelle Merrill

I'm a wife to the best husband and a mother to the cutest kids. I absolutely love to watch old movies, eat anything sweet, and play my music way too loud. My novel, Changing Fate, is now available on Amazon!

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I love anything and everything about YA fiction. So, that's what I write, read, write, and read some more. Though I love to read most of anything young adult, I write mostly urban fantasy, fantasy, contemporary, and paranormal. One of my favorite things is to lose track of time while I write. If I'm caught up in the story, hopefully my reader's will be too!